CFIB President Dan Kelly called Ontario’s Step Two restrictions ‘devastating’ for businesses and fears the latest COVID curveball could be the final nail in the coffin for more of them. Wolf Down owner Joelle Parenteau vented her frustrations in an op-ed, outlining the ways the industry is hanging on for dear life. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.

CFIB President Dan Kelly called Ontario&rsquo;s Step Two restrictions &lsquo;devastating&rsquo; for businesses and fears the latest COVID curveball could be the final nail in the coffin for more of them. Wolf Down owner Joelle Parenteau vented her frustrations in an op-ed, outlining the ways the industry is hanging on for dear life. She joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now.

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Ottawa Now – ‘We're all exhausted, we're all tired’: Local restaurant owner says restaurants are hanging on for dear life as new restrictions go into effect

The best of Newstalk 580 CFRA for Monday, March 16th, 2026.

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A pair of Ottawa-based supervised consumption sites have received notices from the Ford government, indicating that their funding is being withdrawn. According to a joint statement from Ottawa Inner City Health and the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, the bad news came from the Ministry of Health on Friday afternoon, stating that the cash would cease within 90 days. We get the latest updates from CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent. Meantime, the gloomy news in Centretown continues, as an apartment building fire claimed the lives of two people on Saturday. Nick DeFazio from Ottawa Fire Services joins the program in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.

A pair of Ottawa-based supervised consumption sites have received notices from the Ford government, indicating that their funding is being withdrawn. According to a joint statement from Ottawa Inner City Health and the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, the bad news came from the Ministry of Health on Friday afternoon, stating that the cash would cease within 90 days. We get the latest updates from CFRA&rsquo;s Andrew Pinsent. Meantime, the gloomy news in Centretown continues, as an apartment building fire claimed the lives of two people on Saturday. Nick DeFazio from Ottawa Fire Services joins the program in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today&rsquo;s top headlines.

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Vassy Kapelos is joined by tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy for a look at some of the top tech stories of the week.
Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

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